NetworkManager only escapes space, slash and backslash. The network init script, instead, matches ifcfg files against ifcfg-[A-Za-z0-9#\._-]\+. This causes a lot of confusion when network files contain other characters (typically for weird wireless SSIDs). Actually, NetworkManager will also produce files with a space, but that's arguably a bug in NM rather than in the initscripts. Still, I'm marking the space-in-filename bug as blocking this one. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 9.32
Should have been "NetworkManager only escapes space, slash and backslash when transforming a network name into a file for /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts".
What happens if you just drop that match entirely?
Created attachment 525611 [details] potential patch
Looks good!
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=initscripts.git;a=commitdiff;h=a28a3f03b42377f50ab46fd669bc93b287c20b11
initscripts-9.33-1.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/initscripts-9.33-1.fc16
Package initscripts-9.33-1.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing initscripts-9.33-1.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-14259 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
initscripts-9.33-1.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.